Flood Warning Issued for Boone, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau Counties, MO
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NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has issued a Flood Warning for the Missouri River at Boonville affecting four Missouri counties, with minor flooding forecast from Wednesday morning.
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- Record type
- Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Central Missouri
- Issued
- May 28, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Central Missouri.
Alert Details
Flood Warning issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO. The alert was sent at 2026-05-18T09:59:00-05:00 and is effective from 2026-05-18T09:59:00-05:00. It carries a severity of Severe with likely certainty.
Affected Areas
Boone, MO; Cooper, MO; Howard, MO; Moniteau, MO. The warning covers the Missouri River at Boonville.
What You Should Do
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas.
Expected Conditions
Minor flooding is forecast. At 21.0 feet, low-lying rural areas along the river flood. At 23.8 feet, Easley River Road and Smith Hatchery Road begin to flood. At 25.0 feet, numerous farm levees are overtopped, flooding agricultural land and secondary roads. Backwater flooding on Perche Creek causes flooding in McBaine. The river is forecast to crest at 26.3 feet.
Timeline
The river is expected to rise above flood stage (21.0 feet) late Wednesday morning (onset 2026-05-20T09:15:00-05:00) and continue rising to a crest of 26.3 feet early Thursday afternoon. The warning is in effect from Wednesday morning until further notice.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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